Nation Appeals court approves diverting $3.6B in military construction funds for Donald Trump border wall plan January 9, 2020January 9, 2020Kristin Lam, USA TODAYComments Off on Appeals court approves diverting $3.6B in military construction funds for Donald Trump border wall plan A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling, approving the Trump administration to use military construction funds to build a border wall.